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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a book which investigates subjects having to do with open educational resources (OER) and massive open online courses (MOOC). Recent improvements in electronic education technology enable people all over the world to take part in courses online. MOOCs are typically free for students but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are a variety of issues that learning technology institutions have to consider in 2015 because online education technology is improving so fast. How can stakeholders guarantee that the quality of these MOOC courses is acceptable? How can we guarantee that lecturers are properly credentialed and qualified to teach massively open online courses? What different business strategies are being used by organizations like Monaco to conduct these MOOC classes? How can proper quality standards be consistently defined and maintained? What evaluation strategies and experimental teaching practices are optimal? How can educators deal with the issues of low student motivation and high learner dropout rates?

As e-learning becomes more abundant there is a growing necessity to comprehend how MOOC classes are being conducted. The open educational resources movement was the inspiration for the first MOOCs. Professors and numerous other stakeholders need to better comprehend the outcomes of these new open education ventures. Lecturers want to grasp how these massively open online courses can be enhanced. To respond to this expanding demand for information the new book MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of these massive online courses and other open educational issues. This dramatic new book also discusses the major controversies associated with these massive open online courses and open education resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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